The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

IN FM S PAP r It ,„,..,-, ..'? - - -':: - . -- 1_ 1 •07' , Z,V.,,, th `-' Itxtguriiiiiiij,, i ...' ';4A E. : .•Z ,ed - );p4a.orfr l v„.-.; ie S , "' 4 4, i , ...t... ;:_...,;>c'' A S red the ad what 30. The EAR DOCTOR, what do you advise P advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to 1:V A "vo, ---, , Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order one or their capital chops and mao•nificent potatoes, and that Ys the b est advice I can give you. • 1:1: ;'. oplIS • 41E: • • ' 4 pr n 1 . .-14 , ASZav °"24111- v — lff, \z, 4 ' 1 4 - 7 ) - the armistice shall be allowed to Danish army unhindered in case of of hostilities as soon as they are cant Done at Vienna the Ist August, (Signed) BISMARCK BREN FERN WERTITER, QUAA. DE, RECHBERG, ICAUY!EXANN, will be )1. We Ality of Isequent ation.-- RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottl es, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by th e Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale lit Milli% N°. 22,504. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1864. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED'....Sd. Courts-Martial in the Federal Army, on the unfor- 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. ~°!)9e the Red Seal" ' Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., GUILTY; OR, NOT GUILTY. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 110 eERSONS SEEKING LANDED 14 43;i.ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERMAS GENERALLY— To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of .this Register affords, by sending. the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. she is intended, will be towed to the Thames by the Locust and Sheerness steamers, and will be navigated by Mr J. Blakey, Queen's pilot at Chatham. Yesterday the naval transport Dove went alongside the Anchor-wharf at Chatham Dockyard and shipped the ma terials for a new description of box target, which is to be erected at Shoeburyness, for the purpose of being tested under the direction of the Ordnance Select Committee. A party of mechanics and workmen left the dockyard in the Dove yesterday for the purpose of erecting the target at Shoeburyness. The remains of the Lord Warden target which was destroyed at Shoeburyness a short time since will be shipped on board the Dove, and conveyed to Chat ham Dockyard, there to be finally taken to pieces, the Lords having the target repaired. of the Admiralty havin g abandoned their. intention of Rifle Association commenced at Stanley Burn, near Chester-lc-Street, on Tuesday, and concluded un Friday, and the result of the shooting has been eminently catisfactory. Tuesday and Wednesday were occupied in competition for the association prizes, of which there was ono of £lO, one of £B, one of £6, eight of £5, nine of £4, and twenty of L 2 each. Private F. T. Wharam, of the 7th Dur ham Rifles, and Sergeant Sanderson, Ist Durham Rifles, made a tie of 68 points, but in firing over Mr. Whararu Ica with a centre, while hi:; opponent only gained an outer, and Mr. Wharam got the first and Sergeant Sanderson the second prize. Tt ie 13th Durham, lt;e company, Birtley, won the first prize,£2o, and Mr. Fenwick's cup, for file an d volley firing; the 13th Durham, 2d company (Washington), winning the second prize, £lO. During last week Lieutenant-Colonel Middleton, R.A., the Government inspector, inspected the Ist Northumberland Artillery Volunteers at Tyne mouth, the Hartlepool Artillery at Hartlepool, the Sunderland Artillery at Sunderland, and the corps of Artillery Volunteers under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Allhusen at Newcastle. The whole of these corps were found in a most efficient state, though ono or two of them fell short in numbers. was divi• TaE NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1862." Capital £500,001, in 10,000 shares of £su each. First issue, 5,000 s h ares , De O f Which upwards of one-half are a l rea d y su b scr ib ed for, posit £1 per share on application, and £t on allotment. Subsequent calls hot to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than th ree mon th s. It Is not proposed to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. W „,• .1. Adams, Esq. Be (Messrs. W. J. and A. W. M ame , l a t e C. Iv• Adams), St. net's-place, Gracechurch-street. Geo. Lathom Browne, Esq., Director Cape Town Dock an d JEtiE way Company, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. Plate sq., Director Lond on , B uenos Ayres, and River Bank, , sgate-street . Lieut.-Colo nel 7 G. Bishop B. Money, Direct W or ithin Credit Foncier of viMatuitius, 9, Berkeley-str ee t, B er k e l ey -square. 'ir shWire . Smith, Bart., Carlton Cl u b , an d E ardiston, Worcester '•3. Snell, Esq. (Messrs. E. Snell and C o. ) , D'U r b an, Natal. Spicer, Esq., Director of the London Bank of Scotland, ~ .. .:o m bard-sfreet. W„ Spratt, Esq., Walbrook-buildings, Walbrook. ornons, Esq. (Messrs. F. Symons and Co.), 64, Lower J.Thames-street. R. T homson, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's-chambers, Cornl. Wi Is " , EN. (Messrs. Wi l son, Worcester, and Co.), 79, Cannon -street. afforded All its it quite from L ga were a earth 'cloned, Lance of 9 Of the Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., GUARDIAN ANGEL. By the Author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam." "A pieasant story, gracefully told."—Post. " This story is very ing,enious and very interesting, and Contains a variety of attractive characters."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -THE NUN (LA RELIGIEUSE) By the Abb6 * * *, Author of " Le Maudit," Will be ready at all Libraries and Booksellers on the 16th inst., in 3 vols., post tvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. i HERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur maser is introduced throwTh Messrs. Liunley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. is, , lies snot diovvia The screw corvette Scout, 21, 1,452 tons, 400 horse power, which is undergoing some extensive repairs at Sheerness Dockyard, is ordered to be fitted with a poop, in addition to her topgallant forecastle. It is rumoured at Chatham that she is intended for a flagship, and will most pro b a b ly be the Commodore's ship on the W est Coast of Africa. We have to record the death of Vice Admiral Drake on Saturday last, at Bath. He was on the retired list, and was born in December, 1788. lie entered the navy in July, 1804, and as midshipman was on board the Defiance in Calder's action at Trafalgar ; and at the destruction of three French frigates off Sables d'Olonne, in 1809. He commanded a boat at the recapture of the Ellison timber ship, by cut• ting her out from Palais Harbour, 13elleisle, As lieu tenant of the Northumberland he was present at the destruction of two frigates off L'Orient, and was much em ployed in boat service against the enemy's coasting trade. He was also at the disembarkation at Corunna, and in Par ker's expedition to Ferrol, and Was senior lieutenant of the Albion at the battle of Navarino, for which he was pro moted to the rank of commander. His commioeions born date as follows:—Lieutenant, kAttgust 1, 1811; Comman der, October 22, 1827; Captain, March, 21, 1835; Rear miral, September 12, 1863. Admiral (retired list), February 14, 1857 ; an d Vice-Ad- gull . ' led par De that e leven tanding he Ja i l _hotlae• seven THE LATEST NEW NOVELS. Now ready at all Libraries, BER TIE BR A Y By the Author of " Sir Victor's Choice," &c. FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLO'JH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First. class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and. . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adrn:-able engravings of every description of Furniture and Be.asteads, with prices attached. A. copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale : DANGEROUS CONNEXIONS In Three Vols. THE MAN IN CHAINS, By the Author of " Sackville Chase," &c. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. London —The BANKERS. Nicholas-lane Agri and Masterman'a B a nk, Li m it ed, Lombard-stt. Natal—London and South African Bank. The Credit FINANCIAL AGENTS. Idobilier, Limited, 80, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. N ewbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Phillips and Son. Abchurch-lane. Messrs. BROKERS. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg morton-street. Messrs. Spencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street. AITORS. da mes Maurice, Esq., 24, UD Old Jewry. George 11, Pering,, Esq., 26, Sussex-square, Hyde-park. Now ready, Cheap Edition, price 25., complete, TR ONGH AND 1.0 A Tale of Mexican Life and Adventure. By G. ADIARD, A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto London: Ward and Look, 153, Fleet-street. Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring household furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborotigh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 600 other places in all parts of Great This Day, Dedicated to Madame Celeste, price 25., THE WOMAN IN RED, Also, uniform with the above, price 2s. each, BEL DBMONIO. I THE DUKE'S MOTTO. LEAH, THE JEWISH MAIDEN. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these Novels. London: Ward and Lock, 158, Feet-street. The Text of the Peace Preliminaries. BERLIN, Aug. 7. The official Staats Anzeiger of to-day publishes the following tr2st of the preliminaries of peace and the protocol of an armistice concluded in Vienna on the Ist August between the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia, Austria, and Denmark ; COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford• bridge, London. S.E. SECRETARY. C. Grabham, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 18, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. vi.nds Compan is established for the prose of assistin g in :tie development y of the resources of the u co p lony of Natal and re tritish possessions adjacent, by affording a safe medium. t 9r the investment of capital in mortgage and other securi :ea ; the rapidly augmenting prosperity of the colony and 'ue I ncreasing value of land creating a constant demand for adv ances, which this Company proposes to supply. , 11 'lle business of th e C ompany w i ll comprise 4 . The lendinz and investment in the colony, at colonial Atiterest, of m oney o b ta i ned upon debentures or deposits in s c_ountry. .acquisitio, development, and re-see of lands, as xavourable opportunities offer, and affording assistance to vivtiers or occupiers for substantial improvements. 3 . The promotion of public works, and conducting financial .Perations generally. The transaction of all kinds of agency business, and thd "`"'nagement of estates for absentees and others. It la not proposed to call up more than 410 per share ; the 'Profits of the Company will be mainly derived from the use of ;•,,Pital obtained in this country by the issue of debentures. .„-ne rate of interest in the colony ranges from 10 to 12 per Z n t , leaving a large margin of profit on the capital em p;'oYed, equivalent of itself to a good dividend on the paid-up ; independent of which, however, a ivances will be ma c 4 - on conditions which will secure other advantages to the - 1 4 Pany. As a Trust Company there is a wide field for the Com r„anrs operations, and the following statement of the sell- Prices of Shares willin Companies statute or the sell- Cape o hood Hope show the profitable of this business : Name of Company. Paid up. Selling prices, Board of Executors As sociation for Administeril'2oo 0 0 .. 4,350 0 0 og Estates General Estate tcc ',ot) 0 0 .. 252 0 0 Port Elizabeth Guardian and Trust Company ...... 5 0 0 The Directors are satisfied that from the above sources a large retnrn on the paid-up capital of the Company is to be derived, free from any e.ement of speculat on. The progress of the colony during the last ten years has been remarkable, and there ls every reasbn to anticipate even Zvi a more rapid advancement in future. The following statistics I show how greatly the resources of the co.ony have in creased during the period referred to :- 1853. 1863. Area of Land in Cultivation 3,315 acres. 53,519 acres. Average value of Land in County of Pietermaritz burg acre. acre. Number of Horned Cattle and Sheep in Col on y .... 188,336 head. 499 ,165 head. Total value of Exports.... £36,792 .£165,0•)0 Total value of Imports.... 94,838 465,003 kevenue ... 28,613 112,103 be en the last t wo or t h ree years large tracts of land have Irtieeti planted with sugar, coffee, cotton, &c, and the success ieli has attended these plantations cannot fail to stimulate 4' ,growth,, of tl , ese products throughout the colony. at . ' he Articles and Memorandum of Association may be seen ,f,tie Offices of the C mpany. ,:rospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be ,02aineet from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers ot the -`lolPany. NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). To th APPLICATION FOR SHARES. e Directors of the Natal Investment Company (Limited). irao Gentlemen. her e , 'lig paid to your Bankers the sum of X , I Par ne 4 r , p,st you to n 1 ot oriareA in the abovc - or an Company, and I agree to accept th‘t number of Shares, A rticle s number that you may allot me, subject to the li e ,:eB of Association; and I hereby agree to become a tri m b er of the Company, and authorise you to enter my uPon the Register of Members of the Company in re -"' 0 1 the Shares which may be so allotted to me. Name in full Address in full Profession or description Date 1864.. Signature . TIM NATAL INVESTMENT COMPANY Nov r , (Limited). APp L 4 - , E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of CLosgATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be DAY, , the th Instant, at 4 10r th 4 e , ,,,10r onLon ; and onIV TUMSDAY EDNESDAY, 9 the 10th instantountry., . _ 18 C. GRABIIAM, Secretary. ' l ing . B Arrus-yard, Moorgate-street, August 9, 1864. snORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d, ; free by post, 7d. ----___ SHORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PRIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. 011 THAN D.-"PITMAN'S the u t&PRy forms an exceedin g ly efficient—probably Itowi" efficient —system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, Th e p ,„, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. ~,',de p t i„mlage Comida Sherry, Golden 'ne Vi„"l'age Xeres Ditto, Pale Th e v, -. . , atre Port, 1` 0.1 . 20s. •• Th vpiaie Port No 1* 24s • ~ 255. The v" gnage Port, No. 5, fine rich old The ,Intage Claret Th. vintage Beaujolais, recommended - vintage Champagne, quarts The 'V •, , pints lss. „ the .„Mtage Iloci, sparkling, very choice 36s. , / The h Vintage V in ta g e Burgundy, sparkling superb 4os. „ The East India Sherry s4 s• Vintage Amontillado, the choicest imported 565. , • ... Pine old Cognac. Liquers, Spirits, dm ,„ 171, _: VINTAGE ALMANACK, with price list and edieal and clerical testimonials, sent post free. See 300 opinions of the press. .24nloomsbnry-street. N. W. HODGES, Secretary. ---._____ lIARPER'" TWELVETREES' UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER.—Mrs. Beecher, laundress, (4ueen Anne-road, Maidstone, says—" It will wring the finest laces and muslins, as well as full-sized counterpanes; and does not press hooks or break buttons." Price 205., 305., carriage paid; or of ironmongers. City Depot, 81, Bishops gate-street, Within, E.C. ; Works, Bromley-by-Bow, Lon don, E. pRI Z E ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &a, &a, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, % stifles to the exce ll ence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' k anufacture. A distingnished Dignitary, in a letter a dd resse d t o F rancis , 'Acker and Co., on the subject of W AX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : Zv,T have found them fully equal to the recommendation You gave them, and can sincerely, i alt a r . urn, l l com `-t them to the clergy for the use of the" 1 4 1 , 1 ,_ e et quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. sd. per lb. nit quality . • .. is. Od. per lb. tteniiitGETAßLE CIINDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. . is per lb. Thir quality •• • . sd. le. 3d. per lb. ls. ld. per lb. -Se Paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. :8, FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., ont hMolton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—. The l Kensington (Established glan 1720). gest Establishment in End for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar e g BED-ROOM CANDLES. p RICE'S CANDLES,Thin which will not drop ~,, , _ Rid ''—rease when carried."-Thin, . , very hard candles, c ar si rie m rs b . oxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommende 1 as the best RN., , " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," vii, in boxes burn aclb Thicker candles intended for those ° Will not thin. " SHERWooD ECONomic BED LIGHTS," ill Pact. f h er - e•R of 35 candles for one shilling, intended for use .4._,c cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve rear't on the ordinary ' caudles, as they gutter less. cial candle 'ticks to fit thin candles, is. and 2s. 6d. each; eing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. 5h,,,,.... TOILET SOAPS.' - 0 - ._ 'OOll Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent C -'''lrnont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. anlPhor and Glye,erine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. 4 6 p . GLY CERINE. SIIERWOODOLB : had I;rorn c ' e ' , Glyeerin e ,, may be Cleans gloves and removes _stled a ny Chemist, in grease and other s t ains. ‘,'.!, bottles lettered Perfumed, in capsuled hot upwaicrs ~ P atent,'" from 6d. ties, 6d. and Is. each. has be. i mpure Glycerine Inept t i l 801 :d ."Et the state triees.,,iat it Is "equal to WhOlesale by R4'tall through any Grocer. rriw, a Patent Caudle ccanpany-(Liraited), Lyudcm. jourve l late at d $ r de r odn valg e : r 36st. I bald , I 20. ° 1390. line 00 t abott; t firra , per 36 lalting? d oat* 130 11° ' atone till 61 431 P. )10 1°1 0 110 0 ' to 41°. Os t " I at 3" tori°' ir -is PO to 4 g ° 0 q g 0 tO 2 6 1 0 ti ll° r stet -oeArcet to 2'l; to 37 x to --d° • 311 will ig . 1 1 Lg. r: t ' 2 g, lg. ~.,. : 1/' p It, L ig . . 11 ' g. 13' l rt g ee, ;r age] 1-,,,, CoP t ' ;to q.- - Ob5;:lei: tir 00 1 g' l " pcil o n° , JO 0 04 r riOtt 111; sOf' w gigs' plibt r id if 5 ! 0 r ,sr 0, 1 0; t 1 0 This Day, never before Published, price ls., complete, THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY, Also, uniform with the above, price ls. each, MAKE YOUR GAME. SHIP CHANDLER. ACCEPTED ADDRESSES. COMIC GRAMMAR. CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. LADY LORME. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. PARLIAMENTARY DESPATCH AND AGENCY OFFICE, No. 5, Upper Charles-street, Parliament-street. AN ANALYTICAL INDEX to the DIVISIONS of the present SESSION (1864) is in course of compila tion by Mr. GEO. M. MITCHELL, and will be ready for circu lation at the prorogation of Parliament. Th!s work will show members and their constituents how each member voted, whether for or against public and private measures during the session ; total number of times, with majorities for and against, &c. Subscription, One Guinea. Members can have their Divisions for the whole Parlia ment in extenso upon application to the above office. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. MR. W. S. wooDIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday). Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Brown, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Saturday), at 8; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall (tip vat= at the Gallery without fee. ring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad- CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or, a NIGJIT WITH SHAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &c., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song of " The Organ Grinder," a decided hit ; Mr. W. Randall; Miss Nelly Pow,r, and those marvellous Gymnasts, ..+1 es - , rs. TALLIOTT and IiIIitINIELLI (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). Open every Evening. Admission—Area, Gd. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private loxes, 108. Gd. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. 1).24. 7 , tats week will be performed, Selections from the following* Operas. THE TRO VATORE ; FAUS•I', by C. 11. (Itionocl; UN HALLO IN MASCEIERA, and LA FoRZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLESIEN OF VERONA, by Sir 11. Bishop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell, Tyrrell, 1% almslcy, Fitz-ficnry. and Barrie; Messrs. Marini, Ilu,h, Green, Marcell% and Albert. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmane. Comedy by Mr. T. Maclvan, W. Randall, 3ldlle. Cavalho, Miss Nelly Power, and UNSWORT.II and EUGENE, This Evening. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAI', the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. 1/iEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be had of a ll s h ops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birehin-lane, London, E.C. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patrons that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, theyhave determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in . . - With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduAion, and offer them for sa'e this day (July Ist) throughout the month and during August. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall, ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Lib rar y, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON - CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 249, Strand. W.C. TE ETH. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTProfessional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so pelf ectly efficient. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., in cloth 13d., THE TEETH a Practical Treatise, with the 1 best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. " It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keeping of ihe mon h and teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard their health, comfort, and appearance."—The Sun, May 4, 1861. "We can commend this little brochure on a subject upon which everybody takes an interest."—Medical Circular, June 5, 1861. "We can recommend its perusal to those who wish to pre serve their te3th, and to those who know the value of th em ." — Daily News, June 20, 1861. London : Clements, Little Palteney-street. BUSINESSES.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SAL E — Cornchandlers', from £5O to £1,000; Green grocers', £5O to £3OO ; •, Coachbuilders', £5O to £700; Confec tioners', Chemists' Milliners' Stationers', from £l5 to £400; Grocers', from £5O to £2 000 ;' Cheesemongers', £4O to £350; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ' Bakers', £75 to £4OO ; Coffeehouses, £5O to £1,200 ; Dairies, &c., £OO to £000; Oyster-rooms, Oil, Cigar, Fi s h , Ham, and Toy Shop, Restaurants, &c., £6 3 to £16,001 ; Laundries, £5O to £200; numerous other in every trade. Commercial and General £5,) to £3OO ; ana Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 500, gratis. AthLe imFmßeEdiEateHvicOinSiryloTf t A h L e , Gr G ea r t a N y o 's r - t i h n e n rn -r ß o a a i d l2 R°iYn Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S,K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE ITCH, 11. G-. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged to treat as out-patients many distressing* cases which, with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. i m ana oter,i'esGrote, and Co.; Smith, The Hospital is not endowed, but i,swiii whollywhich a rdee receivedpend e nt b o on e o ll n ;s d and Co. ; terries and q., Nicholas-lame; also voluntarybthey rMessrs. ersesarssu. contributions rceortittrEdwardn dc 2,10 a . a n i: d rbte l rrs e e oiu g , Co. ; Ransom and CO. ; Payne, and Co.: Giyn and Co. ; _.J . __ , n _anLivdand Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. _;_ NY 111 ,_ Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street i Masterman and C o. - I. Barned and Co., Li verpool; and at tile Hospital, from 10 till 5. bTAN , FOAD. . SliliWki Secretary. QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard -street, Soho, W., Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail. way Compensations, Stc. Rents Collected. Naval and Military Intelligence, In accordance with instructions received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham, a number of non-commissioned officers and men were yes terday selected from the depot and other companies at Brompton Barracks to proceed to St. Helena, for the pur pose of being employed, with the Royal Engineers at pre sent at that station, in the construction of the additional fortifications and other defensive works now in progress at the island. The 32d Company, which has been stationed at St. Helena for some time, will proceed to the Mauritius to relieve the 25th Company, which returns to England on the completion of its period of colonial service. the company having been absent nine years. The detachments selected for service at St. Helena consist of masons, miners, brick layers, and other artificers of that class. Yesterday the 2d Company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. R. M. F. Sandford, was medically inspected at Fort Pitt, Chatham, prior to their embarkation at Portsmouth in a few days for the Mauritius, to relieve the 11th Company of Royal Engineers, ordered to return to England after 11 years of colonial service. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Master-Commander Allen, yesterday embarked, off Woolwich-pier, 150 officers, non commissioned officers, and rank and file of the Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Col. the Hon. E. T. Gage, to un dergo a course of gunnery instruction at Shoeburyness. The Vivid sailed from the Royal Arsenal at eight o'clock, discharged her freight at Southend, embarked a battery of sa equal number of the 13th brigade Royal Artillery, and returned to Woolwich at half•past two. The battery was commanded by Major Roberts. A number of officers and seamen belonging to the Turk- Imperial war vessels Estourel and Relepers Nusrott, now at Blackwell, about to be fitted with steam machinery, yes terday went down to Woolwich and delivered over the whole of their boats and other stores to the authorities of the dockyard. The officers and crews, numbering about 150 of all ranks, afterwards paraded outside the dockyard wall in charge of a senior lieutenant conversant with the English language. Their peculiar dress attracted a crowd, who followed them to the pier, where they took their berth on board one of the river steamers for Blackwell. The discovery has been made that a system of robbery has for some time past been carried on at the large manu facturing establishment known as the Government clothing stores, and a number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers have been apprehended and charged with possession of part of the stolen property.' It appears that the frauds were first brought to light by Ling, a detective officer of the R division, and steps were then taken by the military 'police to search the residences of a number of Royal Artil lery soldiers. The result of this prompt action was that the suspected parties wero found to havo in their possession a largo amount of serge, flannel, cloth, calico, leather, &c., unmanufactured into military clothing, in addition to a number of manufactured articles, the whole being branded with the broad arrow, and evidently Government property stolen from the clothing stores. At present ten persons employed at the establishment are in custody of the military police, and a most searching investi gation is being carried on, which it is believed will result in the apprehension of other delinquents, A statement of the facts has been forwarded to the authorities of the War De partment, and a military court of inquiry will be instituted to report on the matter. The first battalion of the 21st Regiment, which arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from the West Indies, disem barked from her Majesty's screw steamship Tamar, Capt. Sterling, yesterday morning, under the superintendence of Col. Shadwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, and were marched into quarters in the garrison in the Anglesea Barracks. The Tamar commenced coaling again yesterday, and this afternoon will embark the 61st Regiment for con veyance to Dublin. The 61st have just returned from the Channel Islands, the head-quarters being temporary quar tered in barracks in Portsmouth garrison, and the left wing being still on board her Majesty's steamer Geyser and the Lucifer tender, which vessels brought it across the Channel. The hired transport Forest Rights,which arrived at Spit: head on Sunday from Bombay, discharged the troops she brought home into Government transports yesterday. They comprised Captain Sykes, Ist battalion 4th Regiment, in command; Lieut. Gardner, R.A. ; Lieutenant Hurd, 95th; Cornet Creagh, 6th Dragoons; Surg.—Major Marlow, in medical charge of invalids; 79 time-expired men, 3 military convicts, 10 insane men, 133 invalids, The invalids wore sent to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, and the re mainder to the depots of their respective regiments. The winter examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will take place on Thursday, the Ist of December; and for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on Monday, the 2d of January, 1865. Tht Royal Sovereign turret ship, Capt. Sherard Osborn, C. 13., in dock at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with a band of wooden sheathing at her water line, and the work has been commenced by the dockyard authorities. Iron straps 3in. wide by lin. in thickness and about 6ft, in length, and averaging about 301 n. apart, will be fixed on the armour plating by iron screws tapped into the face of the armour plates. Over these iron straps will be laid 3-inch wooden sheathing, scored to receive the straps and fill in the space between them, which will be fixed to the straps by screw fastenings. Yesterday afternoon the men were just making a commencement in drilling the holes in the armour plates for the iron-strap fastenings, and, as some 2,000 of these have to be drilled, a pretty correct idea may be formed of the amount of work which has to be done be fore the ship can be again placed afloat, and her gunnery and other trials concluded. The officials fix the time when she will again leave the dockyard at "near" two weeks. It will be far nearer two months. The course taken by the A dmiralty with reference to the Royal Sovereign just at this juncture of her trials is most incomprehensible, as it will have the effect of deferring the ship's further trials until the autmnal gales have fairly sot in, when, of course, they will have to bo made under the most unfavourable circum stances. Tho screw steam gunboat Wizard, having been supplied with a new bowsprit, was taken on Saturday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, hut a leak having been discovered, she returned on Sunday to the Devonport Dockyard. The screw steam•sloop Fawn, 17, Commander Charles Wroy, went on Sunday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze to have some defects made good. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, Capt. Sir Leopold M'Clintock, from Scotland, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning, and was appointed to go up Hamoaze in the after noon to have her machinery overhauled. Tho Dauntless, 31, left Great Yarmouth Roads on Sun day, after landing several coastguardsman who had been exercising in the North Sea. We have been requested to state that the material used for coating the iron plates of the Royal Oak iron-cased frigate, as described in The Sun a few days since, was Hay's waterproof glue, prepared by the Patent Waterproof Glue Company, and that used on the bottom of the iron frigate Recruit was Hay's anti-fouling composition. Tho sailing ship Superb, 80, attached to the reserve at Chatham, will be towed out of Chatham harbour at day light this morning and navigated round to the Thames, where she is to be stationed for the use of the cfficers and crews of the Turkish steamvessele of war, the Estourel and the Relepers Nusrett, which have been sent to this coun try to be fitted with their engines and machinery. The Superb, which luts been fitted up for the service for which Trial Trip of the Connector, A steamship constructed upon a novel principle made its trial trip yesterday from Tilbury down the Thames, and up the Medway to Chatham, with very satisfactory results. The mode in which the ship is constructed is in effect that of a train of vessels, each connected closely together by a bolt, which can be removed at pleasure, and each of the sections or parts, when disconnected, becomes separate and distinct vessels fitted with masts and rigging, and may be readily provided with steering apparatus. The object which the inventor has in view in this mode of construction is to afford greater facilities for the cheap carriage of coal. It is con tended that by the use of the "connector" consider able saving may be effected, inasmuch as on arriv ing at the port of discharge the ,more expensive parts of the ship, that containing the engines and accommodation for the officers and crews, may be detached and started immediately on the return voyage while the hulk is being discharged. By the time the return portion of the ship has reached a northern port it will find the other sections ready laden, and on being connected with the propelling part may at once start on its voyage. In this man ner one steam engine and one set of officers may be made to do the work of three colliers—one will be loading, another unloading, and a third making the voyage. In addition to the advantage in point of economy, it is claimed for the invention that its motion is much easier than in ordinary vessels, as the point of connection between the different sec• tions enables it to follow the motion of the water. It has also this further advantage, that heavy car goes, say of 1,000 tons, may be carried in ships of the ordinary construction with an equal capacity for cargo. The Connector, which made what is called a "trial trip" yesterday, had already been tested over upwards of 4,000 miles of ocean naviga tion, and has been found in both these respects fully to answer the expectations of its inventor. We may speak confidently as to the easy motion of the vessel yesterday, and of the entire absence of any thing like that vibration which is felt in all steam vessels. It is proposed to build colliers upon this system which will carry 1,000 tons of coal, and the promoters of a company which has just been formed for the purpose of carrying out the invention speak very confidently of the success of their enterprise. THE VOLUNTEERS. The London Artillery Corps carried out at Plums stead on Saturday its periodical fortnightly gun practice, and made some excellent firing. This bri. gade has, by permission of the War Office and the Court of Lieutenancy, made a very desirable change in its head quarters, and now possesses a very con venient orderly room at Old Swan-lane, London bridge (109, Upper Th ames -street.) Recruits are there drilled daily bet ween half-past 4 and 8 p.m. On Saturday afternoon last the Tower Hamlets Volunteers were inspected in the park attached to Gidea-Hall, Hare-street, near Romford, the seat of Mr J. R. Samuda, he being the Major Commandant. The corps to the number of 400 marched about 12 o'clock from their head quarters, and proceeded by special train to Romford, where they arrived safely. The inspection was made by Col. M'Murdo, and passed off most satisfactorily. At the termination the whole corps, with a large number of the major's private friends, proceeded to a spacious and ele. they were entertained as guests of the major. Col. M'Murdo complimented the men upon their effici -1 ency, volunteers amused themselves with various addres ses erected in the park,where dresse s had been delivered gently o y at e r se v mar q ueeer a games. The annual prize v competitions Volunteer of the 37th Mid d 1 e o s n e d x a ( y ß l last, • (ha nteer Corps commenced on concluded on Saturday. The gold challenge medal of the reg i ment, pre sented by Mr J. Patrick m oom s b a u n r d y ) were Patrick, for competition among the first class men and marksmen, was won by Cor poral Gould, with 37 m arks, at 300, 500, and 600 yards. The winner also ca rr i e d off a pr i ze of £ 5, given by Mr. Patrick for Co mpet i tion among those who had held the medal. Th e s i lver me d a l of the 1, regiment, competed for -7 first and second class efficient members, at 200, 400, and 600 yards, was won by Corporal Day , with 43 marks, The sum of £2O, given by the commanding g officer, Lieut.-Col. Corrie, for competition by 9n -- men of each company, in file and volley firing, was won by No. 5 company, the members of which made a file-firing average of 7.20 in three rounds at 300 Yards, and 6.60 in volley firing, or three rounds at 400 Yards. The sum of £lO, given by Major Ware, for shooting at un known distances between 200 and 400 yards, was divided into three prizes, which Were won by Cor poral Harvey, Private Holm es , and Private Forbes, who made 31, 26, and 26 respectively v 1 in ten shots. The shooting throughout Was excellent. On Saturday the most important review of Volun teers which will be held this autumn in the Eastern Counties took place at Harwich and Doverconrt. The locality is bounded en three sides by water — on the north by the River Stour; on the east by the broad and spacious harbour formed by the conflu ence of the Stour and the Orwell _ ; and on the south by the German Ocean. The entrance to the harbour is commanded by an extensive fortification, known as the redoubt, around which is thrown up a very large mound of earth, apparently close to the walls, but in reality separated from them by a wide ditch, crossed at one point only by a drawbridge, which, as this work was intended to be one of the main points of attack and defence, was prepared to be raised. The garrison on this occasion consisted of four artil lery corps—viz., 2d Middlesex, 170 strong, Capt. Cox, who zs senior officer had the general command; Ist Essex (Harwich), 59, Cant. Daniels; 3.1 Essex (Greys), 50, Capt. Banes; and 2d Suffolk (Ipswich), 20, Lieut. Cobbold, constituting a force of nearly , 300. On Beacon-hill, stilt nearer to the mouth of the harbour, was established a three gun battery, worked by a. detachment of Colonel Palmer's Essex Yeomanry Artillery, under the command of Capt. M'Gorrey ; and at about half a mile distance on the Dovercour.t cliffs was posted another detachment of the same force with a battery of six guns, under the command of Ca ptain Edenborough and Captain Cater. The la ttor with the tat Essex Engineers (Captain Bensall) constituted the only defence to the south, or seaward side of the position, and its comparative weakness naturally suggested it as the most favourable point of attack. The redoubt with its heavy guns worked in embrasures which com manded every point of approach might probably have been able to take care of itself; but in rear of it was posted a strong infantry force consisting of the 2d Essex Administrative Battalion (Victoria Docks) 300 strong, commanded by Col. Capper; 41st Middlesex (Enfield Lock), 300, Capt. Senly ; and the 3d London, 270, Captain Brett. The duty of representing the "enemy" was assigned to the Ist Essex Administrative Battalion, about 200 strong, commanded by Colonel Sir Claude de Crespigny, and comprising the corps from Colches ter, Chelmsford, Witham, Braintree, Maldon, and Dedham. Aitoget her the Volunteer force amounted to about 2,000. By the special permission of the Admiralty, the Magnet gunboat (tender to her Majesty's ship Pembroke, stationed at Harwich) was allowed to co-operate in the demonstration, so that there was at least a semblance of a sea attack as well as that on land. The plan or idea which the operations were intended to work was a very simple one. The enemy was supposed to have effected an unopposed landing below Dovercourt, and to have first shown himself in rear of Colonel Palmer's six-gun battery. A sharp fight took place, but eventually the guns were so far silenced that a couple of corps (Braintree and Chelmsford) were deemed suffieient to keep them engaged, while the main body made a flank movement in the direction of the redoubt. As soon as this design was dis covered the heavy guns of the fortifications were brought into'play, and at the same time the battery on Beacon-hill was engaged by the Magnet. The firing of the garrison was very rapid and well sus tained, but the enemy pressed on to the very foot of the mound, and had begun the ascent (the draw■ bridge being raised at their approach), when the defending force of infantry, under Colonel Capper, was brought against them, and by dint of over whelming numbers compelled retreat to the original position at Dovercourt, where the invader was sup., posed to be finally defeated. General Guy, from Colchester garrison, who was sent down by the War-office to direct the movements of the day, then took up his position at the flagstaff, and the entire force marched past in open column. All the moves men ts:were very efficiently carried out, and obtained the warm commendation of the General in com mand, the only point of complaint being that in one or two corps there was talking in the ranks, which he hoped would be avoided in future. The General added that he felt proud of commanding so fine a body of men, and although about to proceed to China he hoped he should live to meet them three years hence on some similar occasion. General Guy was attended by Brigade Mejor Vacher, from Col chester garrison, and Captain Bender, sth Fusiliers, was aide-de-camp. In Suffolk the Ipswich corps has resumed its class-shooting. A challenge cup and a prize of £5 given by the mayor of Ipswich (Mr G. C. E. Bacon) wero won by Private Ilaward, who also holds a monthly challenge cup. The fifth annual meeting for prize shooting of the Framlingham corps took place on Thursday. A silver snuffbox was shot for at 150 and 250 yards by third class men, and was won by Sergeant Garneys. The second con test was for a silver watch open :to the effective members of the corps, and was won by Private Pendle. The third contest was confined to first- class Volunteers and those who bad obtained eight points in the previous match. The prize was won by Private Ashford. The prizes were distributed by Mrs. Austin. The annual prizo meeting of the Bristol (Ist Gloucestershire) Artillery Corps took place on Saturday, at the battery at tne river's mouth, un der Lieut.-Colonel Saville, commandant. Prizes amounting in the aggregate to about £BO were shot for with the artillery rifled carbine, long Enfield rifle, and the 18. pounder guns. The first match was open to all comers, any weapon, any position, range 300 yards, target 61t. by 2ft., seven shots. There were a large number of competitors in this match, which, however, was not completed, the ties having to be shot off on Thursday next. The prizes amounted to £22 10s. The second match was for Artillery Volunteers, open to any artillery corps; weapon, artillery rifled carbine; Govern• ment pattern ranges, 150, 200, and 300 yards ; tar.. gets, Gfr. by 2ft. The winner of the highest prize was Gunner Brookman (Ll 2 or cup), 30 points. The third match was open to the artillery batteries of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, 18-pounders, range 8,500 yards, three rounds each. A detach. went of the Clevedon Corps was the only one that competed with the Bristol Corps. The prize for No. I best gun detachment for general steadiness and efficiency in working, silver eup, value £5, was awarded to Sergeant-Major Haddon, of the Bristol Corps. The Glamorganshire Volunteers had their annual review on Fort Talbot-moors on Tuesday afternoon. Colonel Egerton, of Pembroke Dock, was the officer in command, and he was accompanied by Colonel Talbot, M.P., Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and other officers. The whole force numbered about 3,000, or 700 more than last year. The usual evo lutions were gone through, after which the men were formed in threo sides of a square, spectators occupying the fourth, and they were addressed by Colonel Egerton, who complimented them on their efficiency - , and said the movements they had gone through would not disgrace more prac tised hands. The Lord. Lieutenant followed with some complimentary remarks, and then distributed the prizes to the successful competitors. The fol lowing were the first prizes—Artillery great gun prize, £2O, to the 2d Glamorgan Artillery Volun teers; second do., £lO to the Ist Glamorgan ; short range, £lO to private Edward Thomas ; long range, £2O, Corporal Edward Jones ; LordeLieut.'s prize, £2O. Private Douthwait e ; Lord Lieut.'s prize o f £5O and champion medal to Sergeant Resher ; Lieut. Colonel Grenfell's prize, £5 58., Corp ora l It. Jon e s, Ladies' prize, £ 2O cup, Colour Se r geant Williams field officers' prize , M a j or Talbot ; all corners' pri ze , £2O, Corporal E. G. Williams. The 3d administrative battalion of the West York Volunteers, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Holdsworth, were inspected by Lieut. Colonel Har man, the inspecting officer of the district, on M on . day week, on Heath Common, near Wakefield. At the inspection a year ag o the five cor p s composing the battalion—Wakefield, Dewsbury, Birstal, S e lb y and Goole—mustered 391, while this year, with one corps less, Selby, and that forming one of the strongest companies in the battalion, the number of men on parade was 475. After the battalion had been put through several movements, Col, Harman addressed the offisers and men and spoke very warmly of the very fine muster which. was shown; in fact, he said the batallion was the largest he had inspected :his year; and it was perhaps owing to the large number of rec ruits which must of neces. sity be among them that in one or two instances they had shown signs of unsteadiness. On the whole, their drill and efficiency were such that be should feel bound to report very favourably of their bearing to the Secretary of State for War. A good contest at the rifle shooting took place near Halifax on Wednesday last between ten of the Halifax and ten Rochdale Volunteer Rifle Corps. The ranges competed at were 200 and 500 yds, seven shots at each distance, Wimbledon scoring., , In con sequence of the absence of three members of the Rochdale club the averages for the absentees had to be added to the scores at the conclusion of the shooting of the squad. The shooting on the whole was excellent ; indeed, there were as many as eight bull's-eyes got at the first range, and nine out of ten at the second. The Halifa% party won by 13. The highest sco res, 54 each, were made by Mr. Harrison, Mr. Clements, and Mr. Thomas, all belonging to the Halifax corps. The annual competition of tine Durham County PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE. Present—On behalf of Austria, Count Rechberg, Baron Brenner; on behalf of Denmark, M. de Quaade, Colonel Hanfmanu ; on behalf of Prussia, M. de Bismark, Baron Werther. MM. the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Denmark, and Prussia having met in conference to-day at the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and their respective powers having been found good and in due form, have agreed upon the following prelimi naries of peace :- 1. His Majesty the King of Denmark renounces all his rights to the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg in favour of their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria, engaging to recognise the arrangements their said Majesties shall make in respect of those Duchies. 2. The cession of the Duchy of Schleswig com prehends all the islands belonging to that duchy, as well as the territory situated upon the mainland. To simplify the boundary question and pat an end to the inconveniences resulting from the posit, tion of Jutland territory situated within Schleswig, his Majesty the King of Denmark cedes to their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria the Jutland possessions situated in the south of the southern frontier line of the district of Ribe laid down upon the maps, such as the Jutland ter ritory of Mogeltondern, the Island of Amazon, the Jutland portions of the islands of Fohr, Sylt, and Rome, &c. On the other hand their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria consent that an equivalent portion of Schleswig, comprising, in addition to the Island of Arroe, the territories con. necting the above-mentioned district of Ribe with the remainder of Jutland, and rectifying the frontier line between Jutland and Schleswig from the side of Kalding, shall be detatched from the duchy of Schleswig and incorporated in the kingdom of Den mark. The Island of Arroe will not make part of the compensation by reason of its geographical extent. The details of the demarcation of the frontiers shall be settled by the definite treaty of peace. 3. The debts contracted upon a special aceotitt, whether of the kingdom of Denmark, or of on© of the duchies of Schleswig Holstein, and Lauenburg, will remain respectively at the charge of each of thoso countries. Debts contracted for account of the Danish mo narchy shall be divided between the Kingdom of Denmark upon one hand and the ceded duchies upon the other in proportion to the population of the two parts. From this re-distribution aro excepted :-1. The loan contracted in England by the Danish Govern ment in the month of December, 1863, which is to remain at the charge of the kingdom of Denmark. 2. The war expenses incurred by the allied Powers, the repayment of which will be undertaken by the Duchies. 4. The high contracting parties engage to esta blish an armistice upon the basis of the military uti possidetis, dating from the 2d August, the condi tions of which will be found specified in the next protocol. 5. Immediately after the signature of these pre. liminaries of peaco the high contracting parties wit] meet at Vienna to negotiate a definite treaty of peace, Done at Vienna this Ist August, 1864. (Signed) VON BISMARCK KAUFMANN: W ERTHER. QUAADE. COUNT RECIIBERG. BRENNER. PROTOCOL RESPECTING THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARMISTICE. In execution of Article 4 of the preliminaries of Peace, signed this day between his Majesty the king of Denmark upon the one part, and their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria upon the other, the undersigned pleni potentiaries assembled in conference have agreed to the following conditions :- 1. Dating from the 2d of August next, there shall be a complete suspension of hostilities by land and by sea, which shall last until the conclusion of peace. In case, contrary to all expectation, the negotiation of a peace should not be effected before the 15th September next, the high contracting par. ties will be at liberty after that date to terminate the armistice in six weeks' time. 2. His Majesty the King of Denmark engages definitively to raise the blockade after the 2d of August. 3: Their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria, while maintaining the occupa tion of Jutland ender the existing conditions of the utt possidetis, declare themselves ready to keep in that country no larger number of troops than their Majesties may judge necessary according to purely military considerations. 4. The levy of contributions, in so far as it has yet been carried into effect, is suspended. Goods or other objects seized as such war contributions, and not sold prior to August 3, will be returned. Fresh levies of contributions will not be ordered. 5. The provisionment of the allied troops will be furnished at the expense of Jutland, conformably with the Prussian and Austrian provisioning regu lations in operation for each of the allied armies upon the war footing. The lodging of the troops and officials connected with the army, as well as the means of transport for the use of the army, shall equally be furnished at the expense of Jutland. 6. The surplus of the ordinary revenue of Jut land in the public treasuries of that country, after the costs of the different supplies and requisites above mentioned have been repaid by such treasuries to the communes charged with furnishing them, and after the recessary expenses of administration have been equally defrayed from their funds, shall he headed over to the Danish Government, either in money or by way of set off, at the time of the eva cuation of Jutland. 7. The pay of the allied troops, including the ex . traordinary war pay, is exclud ed fro m the expenses chargeable upon Jutland. S. Prisoners of war and political prisoners will be set at liberty upo n promise that the prisoners of w ar will not serve in the Danish army before the eon elus i on o f peace. The liberation of the prisoner;; will take place at the earliest possible period at the ports of Swinemuude and Lubeck. 9. DAniAlsoldierd ai lo ed to visit Jutland during The courts-martial in the Northern army aro numerous. We have no means of knowing how they get on in the Southern army. lii the week' s records to July 16th, upwards of 120 officers are mentioned as being cashiered or "dishonourably dismissed," with the offences spoeifieci in eac's teas. The most common, perhaps, is drunkenness. Oa the whole, the list is a curious study. Capiain Powers is dismissed for " trescSery and cowardice;" Cuptsin Jolly, for tendering his resignation on a surgeon's certificate that ho was a confirmed inc rm,ny distr.:ismer'. for sessne, wilt; out ke,vo ; briatt:; others for conduct 1ml:wow:clog 16 - 1 cfric,,r end r 1 gvn tleinan, hucii as horse-stealiug, and :seeping money belonging to their men ; others for desertion. Donald Gillies is dismissed " for having tendered his resignation on the ground - that a wound re ceived at Gettysburg had so intimiduted him that he has become constitutionally a coward, and unfit to lead his company into action." One unlucky officer's dismissal for absence without leave is re. yoked, as it has been " discovered he was killed in action," and so could not report Em bezzlement of Government property is not a very rare offence. " Tyrannical and caps ricious conduct" costs one John Walters his commission in the Kentucky cavalry ; and Lieutenant Cole is dismissed for en listing sailors in the service of a foreign power. Lieut. John Devine comes to grief for ordering the house to be burned ; Capt. Millar for taking arms from fugitive slave s for his own men ; Capt. Alfred Brooks for representing himself to be sick and wounded ; Capt. Ross Deegan for playing cards with his men. Many also are dis missed for disobedience of orders and disrespect to superiors, and a batch of officers in a Missouri cavalry regiment is turned out for not suppressing a mutiny. Lieut. David is turned out for cruelty to his coloured troops. In many cases the sentence, &c., is ordered to be published in the local papers where the culprit came from. Spriggs, 116th Ohio, is dishonourably dismissed for uttering disrespect ful and contemptuous language against " Old Abe," alias the President of the United States. Major Hill is to be publicly stripped of the insignia of rank in the presence of all the coloured troops at Port Hudson, and to be confined as a convict with bard labour on the Dry Tortugas for a year, "for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." Altogether the sentences are what might be ex pected, and show a state of things for which we might be prepared if we considered the mode in which this enormous army has been raised mad officered. No officer of the regular United States army figures in the list. —Army and Navy Gazette. Thames National Regatta. This regatta took place yesterday at Putney under the management of the Thames Subscription Club. The wea ther was all that could he desired for the purpose, for although the heat was intense, it was tempered by a re freshing breeze, which played throughout the afternoon along the surface of the river. Crowds of persons thronged the banks on each side of the prescribed :course, which lay between Putney and Chiswick, and small craft of every de scription plied about it as busy as bees. A little above the Star and Garter, the pretty little steamer of the Regatta Committee, the Venus, lay moored, and as each race was decided the colours of the winner were hoisted on board. Conspicuous above them all, however, was the scarlet coat and the silver badge which was to be the reward of the victor in the Watermen's Apprentices' Race, and which was displayed in all its untarnished brilliancy from the! summit of a lofty pole. The Citizen Steamboat Childe Harold was throughout the day in communication with the Venus, and draughted its visitors away as each race began, so that they might be spectators of the contest from the start to the close. The regatta opened with the Champion Four-Oar Race, which was open to all comers, the prizes being Lieo for the first boat, L'2o for the second, and -.P.010 for the third. Fer this race six boats were entered, and inasmuch as it imn0.41 , 10, nwirir, to tits, many ob structions on the river, thit they .found all row at the same time, it was determined th a t ;here s h ou ld b e two trial heats, in each of which three out of the six boats should compete; the first two boats in meth heat to be selected to row a final and decisive race. At a quarter post 3 o'clock—the hour fixed for starting fur the first heat, however, it was found that only two out of the three boats entered were at their posts, and these two were started, but as they, having no competitor for either first or second place, must, in accordance with the conditions laid down be eligible to take part in the deciding heat, the race though fairly rowed was not so keenly contested as would other wise have been the case. The competitors in the first race were : I.—Colleen Bawn Crow, Manchester—Green. M. Abdy G. Williamson B. Abdy f S. Butler W. Davill, cox. 2.—Confidence Crew, Richmond—Pink. J. Callas W. Harper H, Hartlebury I J. Glover C. Messum, cox. The Manchester crew set off from Putney bridge with the lead, which they maintained without any apparent effort td the close at Chiswick Eyot, winning by three or four lengths. In the next heat, also, only two boats started instead of three, aswas expected, and for the same reason as operated in the previous heat, their respective crews did not find it necessary to exert themselves in order to secure a place in the final struggle. The boats engaged in the second heat were— I.—Pride of the Thames Crew—White, red sleeves. T. Hoare, Hammersmith J. W. Tagg, M ou l se y I 11. Kelly, Putney G. Hammerton, Surbiton W. Hammerten, cox. 2.—Tyne Crew, Newcastle--White. J. Taylor R. Winship T. Moffitt. M. Taylor T. Harrison, cox. Both boats rowed very evenly together for about 209 yards, and then the Pride of the Thames drew slightly ahead, and continued the lead to the end of the course. Up to this point the excitement was of a very mild character, but when after the lapse of two or three hours, during which time occasion was taken to row the preliminary heats of one or two minor races, the four crows already mentioned brought themselves into line for the final heat, there was considerable speculation as to the result. The Tyne boat had many warm admirers, but the Pride of the Thames crew were clearly the favourites, for did they not number among them that veteran oarsman Kelly who had so often tri umphed on those waters before ? Tho Manchester crew, too, were held in much esteem, nor did they show them selves unworthy the good opinion of their backers. The start was effected in admirable order, the Tyne boat after the first few yards taking the lead, which, however, it maintained but for a very short distance. Gradually, but surely, the Pride of the Thames gained upon her, and when Hammersmith-bridge was reached Kelly and his crew were more than four lengths ahead. Here, too, the Manchester crew, which hitherto had occupied only third place, chal lenged the Tyne men, and after a gallant struggle succeeded in passing them. By this time the Richmond crew had lost all chance, and the other three boats, after a splendid race, came on in the following order:— Pride of the Thames Colleen I3awn . Tyne crew • . • • •3 There was considerable cheering when the result was known. .. 1 .. 2 The nest race was ono open to watermen's apprentices, from Oxford to Gravesend inclusive, in outrigged boats, the first prize being the coat and silver badge which wore ex , the freedom of the Thames ,eisVe3ontest were T. Wise, Ilarmner6lni t hy e *, llu 4;ll, ;El. The winners of the pre liminary3ettrhhlsmith, IL Piatt, Thames-bank, and W. e aot : znsa s sr c iindn; a. In the final heat Piatt got away with a moat spiritedlylead, Niv'oirthalblo7ui Wise. .2,00 Theyards la Spencer, pi a.i ex hibited t i xc e f re d 2ern o , n hc2Hdeh b a, ttecr°,nhteeswteavere,vNevras)* inch ulti mately the winner by two lengths. In the sculling- race, which was ope n t o a ll comers, the p relim inary heats were w o n by E . E agars, of Chelsea; H. Kelly, o f P utney ; Joseph Sadler, of Putney, and T. Hoare of Hammersmith occupying the second place and thus being entitled to take part in the final beat, a chance of which H. Cole, of Chelsea, who at the time was rowing; quite even with Kelly, was deprived, owing to his having run foul of a craft lying in the river. The final heat was won with apparent case by Kelly, Sadler being second; Hoare third, Eagars fourth. The first prize was LA, the second £lO, the third £5- The only other race was a pair oars race, which like the majority of the preceding, was open to the world. In this the first prize of V. 5 was won by F, KilsbYy, Old Barge House, and IL Cook, Oxford; the second by A. Winship and T. Alaffin, Newcastle; and the third by G. Hamerton, Surbiton, and J. W. Tagg, Monlaey. After the races, which did not terminate till past 8 o'clock, the distribution of the various prizes took place on board ta committee boat.